Eastern color of ancient Kasimov

Eastern color of ancient Kasimov, 1 day program

• Group meeting. Sightseeing tour. Immersion in the unique history, architecture and atmosphere of an ancient county town.

• Ascent to the minaret of the Khan's mosque (from May to October). Monument to the Tatar cult architecture. It also has the name "Kasim Khan Mosque." According to legend, the mosque was built by the first ruler of the Kasimov Khanate, Tsarevich Kasim in the 15th century, according to other sources - the khan Shah-Ali, that is, in the middle of the 16th century. From the ancient building, only a stone minaret has been preserved. The building of a brick mosque was demolished in 1702 by order of Peter I, who, according to legend, while sailing along the Oka River, took the mosque to be a church and crossed to it.

Under Catherine II, the mosque was restored on the same foundation. At the end of the 18th century, a stone one-story mosque with a four-pitched roof was built, and at the beginning of the 19th century the building was built up with a second floor made of bricks, the interior was finished with marble. In this form, the Khan's mosque has survived to this day. Since 1938, the museum of local lore was located in the building of the mosque. In November 2013, by decision of the Arbitration Court of the Ryazan Region, the mosque was transferred to the possession of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims in the European part of Russia. Today the minaret of the mosque is open for tourists. From the height of the minaret offers a beautiful view of the city.

 • Inspection of the teki Shah Ali Khan. Monument of federal significance. Monument of medieval Tatar architecture, which was erected in the XVI century. It is a small structure of a simple rectangular shape with a low white stone arch composed of limestone blocks. Inside the tomb (tekiye) is divided by a transverse wall into two rooms: one large, in which are the graves of Shah Ali Khan, his wife and several relatives, and another, a small, former chapel, where they read the Koran to commemorate the persons buried here. Here, according to legend, the Kazan queen - Syuyumbike, who was forcibly married to Shah Ali Khan, was buried.

• Visit to a new functioning mosque. Conversation with the chairman of the Tatar community.

• Lunch in a Tatar restaurant with a master class on cooking the favorite delicacies of the Kasimov Tatars - “lyavash”. You will have lunch in the best Tatar traditions. (Option 1. Chicken noodle soup, vegetable salad, Tatar azu, census, lavash, kosh tele, bread, herb tea; Option 2. Shulpa, YaZ salad, vak byalesh, lavash, kosh tele, bread, tea on herbs). The interior of the restaurant will immerse you in the cozy home atmosphere of the Tatar house. The mistress of the “house” during lunch will share some of the secrets of her kitchen and talk about the traditions and culture of the Kasimov Tatars.

• Visit to the Tatar center of culture and art named after Ahmed Ishimbaev. A fascinating tour awaits you in the center, telling about the life, traditions and rites of the Kasimov Tatars. You will also have the opportunity to personally sign a beautiful postcard with views of Tatar sights in Arabic, which you can take with you as a souvenir of the trip (a workshop in Arabic script).

• Free time to buy souvenirs. A visit to a local chocolate branded store “Loyalty to Quality”, a visit to the Tatar pastry and meat products store “Tatar Sloboda”, a tasting of "Kasimovhleb" locally made gingerbread.

The tour price includes: 

• Transfer Moscow-Kasimov-Moscow (the distance from Moscow to Kasimov is approximately 300 km) ;
• meals according to the program;
• guide services;
• entrance tickets and excursion service

Eastern color of ancient Kasimov, Two days program

1 day

• Group meeting. Sightseeing tour. Immersion in the unique history, architecture and atmosphere of an ancient county town.

• Ascent to the minaret of the Khan's mosque (from May to October). Monument to the Tatar cult architecture. It also has the name "Kasim Khan Mosque." According to legend, the mosque was built by the first ruler of the Kasimov Khanate, Tsarevich Kasim in the 15th century, according to other sources - the khan Shah-Ali, that is, in the middle of the 16th century. From the ancient building, only a stone minaret has been preserved. The building of a brick mosque was demolished in 1702 by order of Peter I, who, according to legend, while sailing along the Oka River, took the mosque to be a church and crossed to it.

Under Catherine II, the mosque was restored on the same foundation. At the end of the 18th century, a stone one-story mosque with a four-pitched roof was built, and at the beginning of the 19th century the building was built up with a second floor made of bricks, the interior was finished with marble. In this form, the Khan's mosque has survived to this day. Since 1938, the museum of local lore was located in the building of the mosque. In November 2013, by decision of the Arbitration Court of the Ryazan Region, the mosque was transferred to the possession of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims in the European part of Russia. Today the minaret of the mosque is open for tourists. From the height of the minaret offers a beautiful view of the city.

 • Inspection of the teki Shah Ali Khan. Monument of federal significance. Monument of medieval Tatar architecture, which was erected in the XVI century. It is a small structure of a simple rectangular shape with a low white stone arch composed of limestone blocks. Inside the tomb (tekiye) is divided by a transverse wall into two rooms: one large, in which are the graves of Shah Ali Khan, his wife and several relatives, and another, a small, former chapel, where they read the Koran to commemorate the persons buried here. Here, according to legend, the Kazan queen - Syuyumbike, who was forcibly married to Shah Ali Khan, was buried.

• Visit to a new functioning mosque. Conversation with the chairman of the Tatar community.

• Lunch in a Tatar restaurant with a master class on cooking the favorite delicacies of the Kasimov Tatars - “lyavash”. You will have lunch in the best Tatar traditions. (Option 1. Chicken noodle soup, vegetable salad, Tatar azu, census, lavash, kosh tele, bread, herb tea; Option 2. Shulpa, YaZ salad, vak byalesh, lavash, kosh tele, bread, tea on herbs). The interior of the restaurant will immerse you in the cozy home atmosphere of the Tatar house. The mistress of the “house” during lunch will share some of the secrets of her kitchen and talk about the traditions and culture of the Kasimov Tatars.

• Visit to the Tatar center of culture and art named after Ahmed Ishimbaev. A fascinating tour awaits you in the center, telling about the life, traditions and rites of the Kasimov Tatars. You will also have the opportunity to personally sign a beautiful postcard with views of Tatar sights in Arabic, which you can take with you as a souvenir of the trip (a workshop in Arabic script).

• Check in at one of the hotels in the city. Dinner. Free time.

2 day

Breakfast.

• Visit to the Kasimov historical and cultural museum, located in the house of the merchant Alyanchikov. In the century before last, the most prominent house on Cathedral Square spoke to the townspeople and visiting visitors about the wealth and wealth of its former owners, the merchants Alyanchikovs, and today he tells tourists about the centuries-old history of the Kasimov Territory. It has unique exhibits, among which there are interesting artifacts: a polychrome wooden sculpture “The Crucifixion with the Coming” (XVII century), art and utilitarian iron castings of Batashevsky factories, Muslim warrior equipment, a collection of Kasimov bells, paintings of the 19th century, and Tatar jewelry. beauties and more.

• Visit to the "Russian Samovar" Museum, created on the basis of the private collection of Mikhail Petrovich Silkov, an honorary resident of the city. A huge, incredible collection of samovars was collected by Mikhail Petrovich. Here is the Baba Yaga samovar, and the steam locomotive samovar and the Imperial samovar. The collection even has a station samovar from the Siberian station Zanzur, which was used in 1920 by the supreme ruler of Russia Alexander Kolchak. Hundreds of samovars of all time. You will find a fascinating story of the guide about the different types of samovars, secret symbols that are applied to them.

• Visit to the private “Museum of Bells”. The museum also belongs to collector Silkov Mikhail Petrovich. That's really where you marvel, so many different bells are rare, where you will see! And many with a whole exciting story! Here you can see the bridle bells, Orthodox bells, the ship market, the Italian campan, ancient Chinese bells, a Buddhist wind bell and other interesting specimens. In the museum you will have a unique opportunity to master the belfry and feel how something in the soul changes to the pure and reverent ringing of bells.

• Lunch at the cafe "Kasimovskiy Dvorik". The highlight of the menu is an unusually delicious cream soup in a bread pot.

• Free time to buy souvenirs. A visit to a local chocolate branded store “Loyalty to Quality”, a visit to the Tatar pastry and meat products store “Tatar Sloboda”, a tasting of "Kasimovhleb" locally made gingerbread.

Accommodation options:

• hotel: «Kasimov»,
• hotel «Dilizhans»,
• hotel «Leis»,
• Recreation center «Dinamo»,
• Recreation center «Kasimovskiye zori»

The cost of the program is calculated on request and depends on the total number of tourists in the group.

The tour price includes: 

• Transfer Moscow-Kasimov-Moscow (the distance from Moscow to Kasimov is approximately 300 km) ;
• meals according to the program;
• guide services;
• entrance tickets and excursion service;
• visit to the existing mosque;
• master-classes on the program